Friday, February 11, 2011

Another Reality TV Star Throws his Hair Into the Ring

Trump Electrifies CPAC 

February 10, 2011

Let's see, there's Palin 

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/10/16/alg_palin_show.jpg 

And Huckabee

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2010/07/huckabee-1280362993.jpg 

Now Trump?

http://bestofmichaeljackson.jclondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/celebrity-apprentice-1.jpg 

Are the Republicans going to come up with any candidate who isn't a reality TV personality?

 Here's "FOXNation's" take on Trump's CPAC appearance:

If CPAC is a primary for self-confidence, Donald Trump won hands down.
The real-estate mogul with a genius for self-promotion gave the most-acclaimed - and most colorful - speech at the conservative gathering this afternoon, from the moment he took the stage to the song "Money, Money, Money."
Continue Reading

By the way, that "Continue Reading," that's not a link. You don't have to click on that text to get the rest of the article. That's apparently just a reminder to FOXNation readers to continue sounding out all the letters to make words.  Look:

The real-estate mogul with a genius for self-promotion gave the most-acclaimed - and most colorful - speech at the conservative gathering this afternoon, from the moment he took the stage to the song "Money, Money, Money."
Continue Reading
With no visible sense of irony, he slammed libertarian Ron Paul as a losing hopeful who can't capture the brass ring and got booed by some for it, said our current president came 'out of nowhere," and quoted a business magazine's story about what a terrific entrepreneur he himself is.

See? "Continue Reading" is just sitting there like they thought that they needed something to fill in the empty space between paragraphs.


But anyway. . . .

Yet he was by far the best-received speaker and the audience lapped up his act, as he read some of a prepared speech and used his hands to punctuate his words.

Ooh, him use hands! Hands make words easier to understand.  Me lap up act!

Here's more from POLITICO:


CPAC to Trump: You're hired!

(honestly, who still writes headlines like that?)

"It's a wonderful forum and an honor to be here," he said. "While I'm not at this time a candidate for the presidency, I will decide by June whether or not I will become one and I will tell you the reason that I'm thinking about it is the US has become a whipping post for the rest of the world. The world is treating us without respect, they are not treating us properly."

Hmm, what could the hair-troll's suggestion be for getting a little respect back for the US?
Hmm,  I wonder. . .

". . . if I run and if I win this country will be respected again":

http://jeffpicard.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/rim-shot-johnny-utah.jpg


Thank You! I'll be here all week! 

You know, it's hard to decide what is the most respect-garnering aspect of the Trump legacy. Maybe the multiple bankruptcies? The public pissing match with Rosie O'Donnell? The second career as a poor man's Jeff Probst? The menagerie of classy drag-queen-resembling women?


Donald Trump didn't have as much success in his personal life as he did in his business life. 


Either way, it all adds up to one word: Presidential

3 comments:

Kal said...

If ever there was an overinflated gasbag with a unbelievable sense of his own importance, it's Trump. I hope this goof runs, it will be more fodder for the comedians. There is no telling him that he will fail and lose big time. Ron Paul can't get elected?? I would think that a fluffy squirrel (or whatever lives on Trumps head) would have a better chance of getting elected. Like every 'businesman' of his ilk, he is just a con man in a fancy suit. If he can't take advice on his combover, then he certainly will need to be humiliated before he let's this dream go - but please lord not before a Trump/Bauchman/Palin celebrity roast/debate.

Ahab said...

I was honestly surprised to learn that Trump was at CPAC. Campy!

libhom said...

Trump is so desperate for attention.